First Screen by Orkids!
First Screen Tool for Specific Learning Disabilities is a comprehensive checklist of signs and symptoms meticulously validated through testing with over 100 children across diverse schools and grade levels. This tool is applicable to children aged 4 to 18 years, provided they have received at least one year of formal instruction in a school setting before using the screening tool.
This user-friendly screening tool is designed to be completed by a parent, teacher, or any adult familiar with the child’s academic and behavioral history. The assessment typically takes approximately 20-25 minutes per child. Upon submission of the checklist, a feedback report is generated, offering insights into the child’s performance across various areas, pinpointing specific areas of difficulty, and proposing a tailored action plan for further support and intervention.
Orkids first screen is an android app which can be downloaded from play store free of cost.
The screening covers 9 domains – reading & spelling, written expression, oral language, motor skills, attention, social skills, mathematics, executive functions and memory.
Salient Features:
- First Screen is a multilingual tool across 12 languages
1. English
2. Hindi
3. Urdu
4. Bengali
5. Assamese
6. Gujarati
7. Tamil
8. Telugu
9. Malayalam
10. Marathi
11. Kannada
12. Punjabi - 90 scoring items with 3 point answers (yes, maybe, no/NA)
- To be filled by a parent or a teacher who knows the child for at least 6 months
- Takes 20-25 minutes to complete
- Each completed screening generates a visual (as opposed to text) feedback report giving the future recommendations
Also gives a sub-skills of each of the 9 domains it covers. - Is available both in Hindi and English.
- Is free
- Is for school going children.
Breaking Barriers: First Screen Tool for Specific Learning Disabilities Expands to 10 New Languages, Reaching the Grassroots of the Indian Landscape!